Proverbs 28:22
A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 23:6 : 6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
- Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
- 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
- Matt 20:15 : 15 Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'
- Mark 7:22 : 22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
- Gen 13:10-13 : 10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar. 11 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
- Gen 19:17 : 17 It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!"
- Job 20:18-22 : 18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice. 19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 20 "Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights. 21 There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
- Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare clothing as the clay; 17 he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
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- Prov 28:19-213 verses83%
19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
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27 One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.
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16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
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4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
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8 He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
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7 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
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9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
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9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.
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21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
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5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.
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13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
14 Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
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27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
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17 He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
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21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won't be blessed in the end.
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26 There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.
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6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
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9 Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
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4 He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
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11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
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10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
11 When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
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11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
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10 Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them.
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27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
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19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
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24 There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
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11 As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
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2 a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
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13 Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
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16 A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.
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15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
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34 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
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3 A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
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5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
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4 Wealth adds many friends, but the poor is separated from his friend.
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17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
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7 "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
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18 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
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7 The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.